So you want to join Mastodon…
I joined the social media site Mastodon three years ago this month, having heard about it as an alternative to Facebook and Twitter, which I’d been growin...
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A strong start to Movember
I just completed a walk that took me upwards of 6 km. That wasn’t just because I really should walk more often, but in particular it’s for my Movemb...
Finding the optimal format for a project and for myself
I’ve got a new idea for a story. This isn’t unusual. This isn’t unusual for this year or this month or even this week. I get new ideas for sto...
My ongoing interest in digital privacy
I’ve talked before about digital privacy — among other places, here and here and don’t forget here — but after making some choices then ...
Killing one’s darlings. Or at least putting them in cryostasis
I recently finished writing my first novel. I have a tendency, once I’ve finished the first draft of a large project, to shelve it for a bit before I look...
Update on worlds colliding
I wrote last week about reading the first twenty pages of a graphic novel called Undiscovered Country that had a crazy amount of the same content as the thrust ...
When worlds collide
Well, crap. I mentioned at the top of the year that I had finished the first draft of my first novel. Cut to yesterday, when I started reading a graphic novel I...
Update to the confusion about my height
(… and other headlines you’ve never read before…) You ever have one of those “ah-HA!” moments when you realize something that you ...
How much is enough?
As of this weekend, I’ve broken 200 pages on my project of humourous stories and observations. That is, to be clear, 200 pages as they’d appear in a...
Interactive story first draft: Done!
For anyone who doesn’t get my newsletter… I mean, first off, why not? Geez… but secondly and more to the point, I’m looking for work, an...